Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Brick by Brick is a design lab. The group at Mater love using Sketchup to invent new landscapes, cityscapes, architectures. All these things are called into question and made dynamic using their imaginations.

Moving on from our 3d models of cityscapes, constructed out of cardboard, we enter the realm of 3D drafting, via Sketchup, a free download from Google. Here's what Brian and Nicolas from Mater Academy are working on. Once the sketchup model is built, and scenes are added, an animation file is exported to iMovie, where the boys can add a sound track and other video effects - a multimedia experience of a floating theme park.

Locust Projects is pleased to announce an open call to South Florida high school students for a chance to participate in a collaborative exhibition at the organization's 5,000 square foot exhibition space in Miami's Design District.

For further information contact: info@locustprojects.org or 305.576.8570

Friday, February 10, 2012

We have the projector again! Yesterday we began the class at Girl Power showing the works of the Favela Painting Project of Jeoen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, the Guell Colony Cryptand the Sagrada Familia of Antoni Gaudi, and some of the large projects of Brazilian artist Vic Muniz.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Laz Ojalde of LMNOQ Studio, is a product and industrial designer, and he visited with us at Girl Power yesterday. We hope that Laz will be able to work with us at Brick by Brick - he has designed some amazing things for his many clients. Here are a few images: clock, hanging rack, table, room divider made of recycled vintage cans!

By painting our city maquettes white, we had a chance to really observe - and draw - the forms we constructed. The white paint also gave us a perfect base for the application of color. Instead of paint, we layered colored tissue paper with diluted glue, and were really wowed by the effects we saw - bleeding, seeping, colors mixing - almost like stained glass. It's amazing how powerful color is - everyone was really into it!

At both Mater Academy and Girl Power, we took the opportunity to make drawings of the North, South, West, and East elevations of our city models. We viewed elevation drawings made by architects, and also the models used to explore design concepts and for presentations.

Brick x Brick

Brick x Brick is Miami Art Museum's after-school program for teens. Taking place at 4 community sites in Miami, artists-in-residence lead participants in projects to raise awareness of their communities’ architecture, design, urban planning, and landscape. By drawing, painting, writing, documenting neighborhoods with photography, digital imaging, video, 3D drafting, and blogging teens learn new skills & envision improved neighborhoods. Thanks to JP Morgan Chase and Western Union for making Brick by Brick possible. Previous funders have been: Heckscher Foundation for Children and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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